Identity-Conditioned Forgetting in Episodic Agent Memory

We introduce identity-conditioned forgetting, an episodic memory mechanism in which retention depends on alignment with a contrastive identity prior (self.facts) and outcome salience. Outcome-dependent retention protects corrective memories that identity-only decay would erase. Controlled experiments demonstrate selective retention and long-depth recall, while a negative external probe motivates a relevance-first architecture. Relevance determines eligibility, identity and outcome salience determine survival.